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Lipids in Plants and Algae: From Fundamental Science to Industrial Applications

  • 1st Edition, Volume 101 - January 29, 2022
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Fabrice Rebeille, Eric Marechal
  • Language: English

Lipids in Plants and Algae: From Fundamental Science to Industrial Applications, Volume 101 provides in-depth reviews on the most important aspects of the field. Topics in this v… Read more

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Description

Lipids in Plants and Algae: From Fundamental Science to Industrial Applications, Volume 101 provides in-depth reviews on the most important aspects of the field. Topics in this volume encompass the most recent data about the physical properties of membrane lipids, lipid biosynthesis and metabolism (including glycerolipids, fatty acids, sterols, N-acylethanolamines, prostaglandins, phytoprostane), lipid storage, acyl flux, the dynamic and transport of glycerolipids, and the conversion of fatty acids into hydrocarbons.

Lipid metabolism and lipidomics in plants and algae are one of the most challenging areas in biology, not only for fundamental research but also for the sustainable production of valuable molecules for green chemistry, including biofuel and health.

Key features

  • Includes sections on fatty acid synthesis, lipid storage and hydrocarbon production
  • Covers biophysics, biochemistry, metabolism and the bioengineering of plant and algae lipids
  • Provides readers with a comprehensive resource on lipid dynamics and fluxes in plants and algae

Readership

Graduate and undergraduate students and researchers wishing to initiate or pursue special studies in the field

Table of contents

1. Biophysical properties of glycerolipids and their impact on membrane architecture and biology
Bolik Stéphanie, Deme Bruno and Jouhet Juliette

2. Plant and algal galactolipids: Their function, biosynthesis and evolution
Mie Shimojima and Hiroyuki Ohta

3. Plastoglobules: A hub of lipid metabolism in the chloroplast
Venkatasalam Shanmugabalaji, Wayne Zita, Joy Collombat and Felix Kessler

4. Non-vesicular glycerolipids transport in plant cells
Sébastien Leterme and Morgane Michaud

5. Lipid droplets in plants: More than a simple fat storage
Damien Le Moigne, Nolwenn Guéguen and Juliette Salvaing

6. The plant lipid metabolic network for assembly of diverse triacylglycerol molecular species
Philip D. Bates

7. Plant polyunsaturated fatty acids: Biological roles, regulation and biotechnological applications
Thibault Geneste and Jean-Denis Faure

8. Phytosterol metabolism in plants and algae, time to dive into the unknown
Aurélien Blary, Sylvain Darnet, Anne Berna and Hubert Schaller

9. The biosynthesis and roles of N-acylethanolamines in plants
Omar Arias-Gaguancela and Kent D. Chapman

10. The biosynthesis and metabolism of prostaglandins in microalgae
Ida Orefice, Giovanna Romano and Valeria Di Dato

11. Alpha-linolenic acid, phytoprostanes and phytofurans in plant, algae and food
Kin Sum Leung, Camille Oger, Alexandre Guy, Valérie Bultel-Poncé, Claire Vigor, Thierry Durand, Angel Gil-Izquierdo, Sonia Medina, Jean-Marie Galano and Jetty Chung-Yung Lee

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 101
  • Published: February 4, 2022
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Fabrice Rebeille

Fabrice Rébeillé is a research director at the Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Grenoble, France, in the laboratory of Physiologie Cellulaire Végétale. He graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Grenoble in 1978 and completed a PhD in 1983. He was recruited by the CEA in 1983. In 1984-1985 he joined as a post-doc fellow the Marshall D. Hatch laboratory at CSIRO, Canberra, Australia. From 1995 to 2000, he was Professor of biochemistry at the University of Grenoble. His domains of expertise are about plant cell metabolism, including respiration, photosynthesis and photorespiration, biosynthesis of vitamins and more recently lipid metabolism.
Affiliations and expertise
CEA Grenoble - iRTSV, Grenoble, France

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Eric Marechal

Eric Maréchal is Director of Research at CNRS and is currently Director of the Cell and Plant Physiology Laboratory, a joint unit of CNRS, CEA, INRA and University Grenoble Alpes, Grenoble, France. He completed his PhD at University of Grenoble Alpes, France, in 1994. From 1994 to 1997 he joined the Nam-Hai Chua Laboratory at the Rockefeller University, New York, USA. After a short period in the Biocatalysis division at Rhône-Poulenc, Lyon, he joined the CNRS in 1998. He is an expert in lipid metabolism and physiology of algae and plants, in relation to their evolution and their environment.
Affiliations and expertise
Laboratoire de Physiologie Cellulaire and Végétale, UMR 5168 CNRS-CEA-INRA-Univ. Grenoble Alpes / INRA UMR 1417, Institut de Biosciences et Biotechnologies de Grenoble, Grenoble, France

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